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The fourth man on the other hand, was not at all keen to learn anything. He learnt very little but he had a lot of common sense.One day, the four friends met and discussed how they could put all their learning to good use. They wanted to earn money and better themselves. They decided to travel far and wide and meet people of different lands. They also hoped that during the course of their travels, they would win the favour of kings and get expensive gifts from them.So the four friends set out on a long, long journey. As they were passing through a denseforest, they saw on the ground, the bones of a dead animal.%u201cThese are the bones of a dead animal,%u201d said the first learned man.%u201cShall we try and bring the animal back to life?%u201d said the second learned man.%u201cBut how shall we do it?%u201d he asked.%u201cI know how,%u201d said the third man. The fourth man did not say anything.Then the first learned man said, %u201cI know how to put the bones together.%u201d The second learned man said, %u201cI%u2019ll give it skin, flesh and blood.%u201d Then the third man said, %u201cI%u2019ll give it life.%u201dSo the first learned man put all the bones of the dead animal together. The second learned man gave it skin, flesh and blood. The third learned man was just going to bring the animal back to life, when the fourth man shouted %u201cStop! Don%u2019t bring the animal back to life. It is a lion.%u201d The three learned men laughed at him.What did each of them do to bring the lion back to life?8 Arrow-Puffin-4_Semester-1 English